REGIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON SOCIAL
SECURITY CO-ORDINATION, IZMIR, TURKEY
24 May – 6 June 2009
Objectives
Many of the persons who start to work in social security administrations have
got a mono-disciplinary education (law, economics, sociology, etc.); they often
receive an in-house training in their specific field of activity but lack a
general knowledge of the general principles shaping their work-field. Hence, the
Summer School provides in a multidisciplinary way a first initiation in the
general principles of social security. It allows the participants to understand
better the theoretical framework in which they operate daily.
This training course deals with social security in its broadest sense, including
cash benefit schemes, pensions and health care systems. The programme provides a
general introduction into social protection from a legal, economic, sociological
and administrative perspective. As well as being multi-disciplinary, the course
is also multi-national. Throughout the courses, a strong comparative element is
present. By providing the different approaches to social security that co-exist
within Europe, the school will enable the participants to understand better the
general principles that shape social security. They will be able to situate
better their own system in the broad spectrum of social security systems. The
programme also pays attention to the role of international bodies such as the
European Union.
The staff of the programme is composed of social security professors from
various European countries.
Programme
The Summer School consists of four compulsory courses, two optional courses (out
of which one has to be chosen by the participants), and two compulsory seminars.
All subject matters are taught is English. The units deal with:
- Basic principles of social security policy
- Social security comparison and social security systems in Europe
- International and European social security law
- Social security economics
- Social security management and IT
- Social protection philosophy
Two seminars integrate the various units around one or more central topics. One
seminar will deal about the co-ordination of social security systems in the
South-Eastern Europe, the other about converging social policies in the
South-Eastern Europe. Participants will have to prepare a presentation on a
certain topic. Participation and presentation by the participants will be
evaluated by the tutors; these evaluations will be part of the general
evaluation of the participants.
A certificate will be presented to the participants who attended the classes and
seminars on a regular basis; a diploma will be handed over to those who passed
the evaluations successfully.
The programme for the edition 2009 of the Summer School has been provisionally
set up in the following way:
COMPULSORY COURSES
OPTIONAL COURSES
(one to be chosen)
SEMINARS
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Provisional time table |
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May |
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Sunday 24 |
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Opening |
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25 |
Unit 1 |
Unit 1 |
Unit 4
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Unit 4
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26 |
Unit 1
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Unit 4
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Unit 3
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intro optional courses
+ intro unit 2 (1hour) |
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27 |
Unit 3 |
Unit 3
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Enasp
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28 |
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29 |
Unit 5 |
Unit 5 |
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30 |
Unit 5 |
Unit 6 |
Intro seminar 1 |
Intro seminar 1 |
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Sunday 31 |
Unit 6 |
Unit 6 |
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June |
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1 |
Unit 2 |
Unit 2 |
Reporting seminar 1 |
Reporting seminar 1 |
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2 |
Intro seminar 2 |
Intro seminar 2 |
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3 |
Reporting seminar 2 |
Reporting seminar 2 |
ILO |
CoE
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4 |
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5 |
MP-TEST
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CLOSING |
Evaluation of the participant
The
seminars are one of the components of the general evaluation of the
participants. For the occasion of the seminar, participants will have to
prepare an oral presentation in group on a defined topic. The introduction
into the proceedings of the seminars and the distribution of the various
topics will be done in the first week of the programme.
Besides the
presentation in-group at the occasion of the seminars, an individual
assessment (multiple choice test) covering the various units, will be
organised as well. This double-assessment will allow us to have an outbalanced
view on the general knowledge of the participants.
A
certificate of attendance will be presented to the participants who followed
the classes and seminars on a regular basis; persons who pass the evaluations
successfully will receive a summer school diploma.
Teaching staff of the summer school for the
year 2009:
Academic Directors of the Programme
- Prof.
Paul Schoukens (K.U. Leuven – European Institute of Social Security)
Lecturers
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Prof. Jos Berghman (K.U. Leuven – European Institute of Social Security)
- Prof. Paul Schoukens (K.U. Leuven – European Institute of Social Security)
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Prof. Danny Pieters (K.U. Leuven – European Institute of Social Security)
- Prof. Tine Stanovnik (University of Ljubljana)
- Steven Segaert (e-Governance Academy Tallinn)
- Prof. Grega Strban (University of Ljubljana)
- Prof. Gijs Vonk (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)
Practical Information
The opening of the programme will take place the
evening of May 24 at Hotel Sürmeli Efes:
The classes will be held at:
Hotel Sürmeli Efes
Efes Antik Şehir Plajı Kuşadası Yolu
35920 Selçuk İzmir
Turkey
Tel: + 90 232 893 10 96
Fax: + 90 232 893 10 95
E-mail: info@surmelihotels.com
http://www.surmelihotels.com/eng/SurmeliEfes/default.asp
The classes will be held at Hotel Sürmeli Efes
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